{"id":21504,"date":"2014-08-29T00:25:52","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T04:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=21504"},"modified":"2014-08-29T00:10:38","modified_gmt":"2014-08-29T04:10:38","slug":"god-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2014\/08\/29\/god-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Is God?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You keep track of all my sorrows.
\nYou have collected all my tears in your bottle.
\nYou have recorded each one in your book.
\nPsalm 56:8<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There has been so much heartache this past week. I have heard many question where God has been lately and has He taken a vacation? And He reminds us in His Word that He is sovereign<\/strong><\/em> and He is to be trusted<\/strong> <\/em>in all things. \u201cHe gives and takes away. Blessed be the name of the Lord\u201d (Job 1:21).<\/p>\n

In my little hometown of Jackson, Mississippi, a precious young athletic football player lost his battle and passed away. \u00a0One minute he is running down the field, the next in a hospital, and his parents and friends are devastated. \u00a0No one expected it, but His Creator knew. \u00a0In the town of Birmingham, Alabama another precious young woman is visiting home, doing laundry, and eating one last meal with her family before she heads back to school. \u00a0Her parents say it was a joyful occasion and full of laughter. \u00a0In a blink of an eye, she is with Jesus.<\/p>\n

In Jackson young people from rival schools are coming together to pray. Across town, a young person plans a prayer vigil at a public school. The kids come voluntarily at 6 a.m. to pray for this family that they do not know. \u00a0In Birmingham, the girl’s father says that we will not call her accident a tragedy but a triumph because she is with Jesus now.<\/p>\n

And when the question is asked, \u201cWhere is God?\u201d the answer will be—He is exactly where He was when His own Son died on the Cross. \u00a0He is watching His children hurt; and the Holy Spirit is moving and comforting all those who lost someone and all those who don\u2019t understand. \u00a0God is in the young people who are gathering for prayer vigils. \u00a0He is with the parents who are devastated and He will carry them when they can\u2019t put one foot in front of the other. \u00a0He is with the family of that young woman who was taken too soon…yet…right on time. He was there when the young man\u2019s parents donated his organs and a 14 year old got a heart. \u00a0And He is with us now.<\/p>\n

Yay though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.
\nThy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me.<\/p>\n

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life
\nand I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Amen.<\/p>\n

Psalms 23:4 and\u00a06<\/p>\n

As His Word proclaims, He really does bottle up our tears. \u00a0The Creator of the universe keeps track of all our sorrows. \u00a0That\u2019s how much you matter to Him.<\/p>\n

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Do you know this Lord, the Creator of the universe? \u00a0Do you have His hope to cling to? \u00a0If the answer is no, then I ask you to pray a prayer with me and ask Him to be Lord of your life.<\/p>\n

Let us pray<\/span><\/strong>: Dear Lord, I know that I am a sinner and I need a Savior. \u00a0I believe that Jesus is Your Son. \u00a0I believe that He died on the Cross to save me from my sin. \u00a0I ask You today to come into my heart and walk with me daily. \u00a0In Jesus name I pray, amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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